Monday, September 22, 2014

I still owe this blog ride reports for this season's Beartooth 600K and Yellowstone National Park 200K. I'll eventually get those done. In the meantime we have to get next season's schedule posted. 2015 is a Paris-Brest-Paris year so we must get our brevet series done by the end of June. Here's what we've come up with:

April 25-200K (Missoula-Frenchtown-Hamilton)May 9-300K (Laurel-Columbus-Fishtail-Red Lodge)June 6-400K (Belgrade-Bozeman-Whitehall)June 20-600K (Helena-Great Falls-Double Divide)July 4-100K (Bozeman-Bert Karp Memorial Populaire)July 18-200K (Bozeman or Belgrade)*August 1-300K (Beartooth Pass)**I moved the ride over Beartooth Pass from the 200K to the 300K due to a conflict with the Beartooth motorcycle rally. We don't want to ride the pass with 10,000 Harleys.

For a look at what other nearby regions are doing, checkout Norm Carr's spreadsheet showing the combined schedules for the Oregon Randonneurs, Seattle International Randonneurs, Desert River Randonneurs (Tri-Cities, Washington), and our Montana schedule. There's lots of opportunities to get the brevet series done and qualify for PBP!

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Brevets, Populaires, and Permanents

I have been the Regional Brevet Administrator (RBA) for Bozeman, Montana since 2010 so along with my permanents I also host a variety of brevets and populaires.

Unlike a brevet, a permanent can be ridden by any RUSA member at any time of the year. The day of the ride is per agreement with the rider(s) and the organizer (that would be me).

A permanent route ridden and verified through RUSA can be counted towards RUSA's distance awards. A permanent can also be counted multiple times towards RUSA's prestigious R-12 award-given for riding a 200K (or longer) brevet or permanent in all twelve months of the year. Starting in 2009 you may ride a permanent multiple times with each ride counting towards your distance award credit. A newer award called the P-12 is given for riding a populaire or permanent populaire in each month of a 12 month period.

For more information on permanents and randonneuring in general, go to the RUSA Website